Necktie.



No. 845,108. PATENTED FEB. 26, 1907.

B. MORTON.

NECKTIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 5, 1906.

q/vi/f/mwaea WW BAXTER MORTON, or

NEW YORK, N. Y.

NECKTIIE.

I 0 no. 845,108.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

Applieaticn filed May 5,1906. Serial No. 315,324.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BAXTER MoR'roN, a to form citizen of the United States, residing in New York city, county, and'State, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Neckties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to neckties, and

. more especially to what'are commonlyknown as fnllneckband-ties, and consist of aneckband portion which extends without break around the collar and two tying ends joined to the neckband portion at its extremities.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a necktie which will be held positively in position about the base of the collar without subjecting the neckband portion 'to much strain and without the employment of metallic clips or projecting tabs secured to or formed integral with the tie.

In attaining the object above stated I make use of the structure hereinafter described, and illustrated in two slightly-different forms in the accompanying drawings, in which corresponding parts are designated by similar characters of reference throughout.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective.

view of a string-tie embodying the present invention, parts of the neckband being broken out to save space. Fig. 2 is a perspective View showing the tie illustrated in Fig. 1 in position about the base of a collar and with the knot partially. formed. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing one end of a stringtie, forming a slightly-diilerent embodiment of the invention.

Stated in generalterms, the present invenlivr. consists simply in the formation of a loop on theinper face of the lie of suilicient length to permit the passage of thcother end of the tie thcrethrough and provided wilh a suitably-placed buttonhole or eyelet for engagement with the front collar-lnltton. 'lhis loop may consist of a small st rip of fabric or m uitable material sewed at its ends to the inner face of the U0, U1 it of an inner ply of the tie itself.

As illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2,a necktie embodying the invention consists in a neck band portion 1 and tying ends .5 2. Al one end oi the nmvkband portion,adjacent to its unctnre with the shorter tying end, is secured a small piece of fabric 3, which extends longitudinally of the tie on the inner face and is provided near its forward end with a button t y in. formed.

i r i hole l. The length of the strip 3 is sufficient a loop through which the tying end at the other end of neckband portion may be readily passed, and the ends of the strip are secured to the inner face of the necktie at points far nough apart for the strip to lie ilat against the inner face of the tie.

The mode of securing the tie above described in position will be understood from an inspection of Fig. 2. The neckband por tion of the tie is placed around he collar in the usual manner, and the button iole 4 is secured on the front collar-button. The two tying ends are then crossed, the longer tying end passing under the shorter tyin end, as shown in Fig. 2, then bein cairie upward over the shorter tying end .ii'nd downward through the loop formed by the strip of fabric 3. This completes the first or preliminary knot, and the formation of the bow is com leted in the ordinary manner.

As t 1e strip of fabric 3 is seem-ed at both ends to the inner face of the tie, it forms a positive securing device by which the knot of the tie is held against any movement out of place, whether lateral or vertical, and it is immaterial whether the neekband portion of the tie be drawn tightly about'the base of the collar and the knot tied hard or the reverse. l

In Fig. 3 I have illustrated a reversible tie embodying the present invention. In this tie the outer ply 5 and the inner ply 6 of the tie are readily separable, and by separating the plies for a short distance the equivalent of the loop 3 is formed. When the loop for the passage of one tying end of the tieis formed in the neckband portion adjacent to the other lying end by simply separating the plies of the neckband, it is desirable to du,

plicate the buttonhole 4, forming a buttonhole in each ply ol' thcnecklnuni portion. When this is done, each plyoi the neckband portion may be used as the inner ply or the outer ply at will. and thcunode of swirling the lie in position is precisely the same as when the loop is formed of a separate strip of l'abric sewed to the inner fare of the lie.

Having thus described my invention, what "laim as new, and desire lo secure by Letlers lzitenl, is

l. A necktie comprising a neekband porlion and lying ends and having at the jun ture of the neckband portion with one of the ture of one tyilig end with the neekban por tion a loop extendin longitudinally of the tie and. lying norninl iy fiat a ztinst the tie, said 100]) being of suitable dimensions to form a passage for the other tying end and having a buttonhole for engagement with the front collar-button. 3. A neektie eomprising neekba-nd portion and tying ends and having a loop atthe j uncture of the neekbztnd portion with one of the tying ends, sziid loop being of suitable dimensions to permit the passage of the other tying end and having a buttonhole near its- 4. A necktie comprising a neekbend portion andtying ends and being formed in two plies, said plies being separated a short distance at the juncture of one oi the tying ends with the neckband to form loop for the passage of the other tyin endand having buttonholes formed in sai plies adjacent to the forward end of said passage.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name in the presence of two Witnesses.

BAXTER MORTON.

\Vitnesses: I

WM. BRADFORD, GILBERT GANNoN. 

